Man charged with raping disabled women

A convicted sex offender has been charged with raping two mentally disabled women, prosecutors said today.

Kevin Robinson, 24, of the 11500 block of South Parnell Avenue in Chicago was ordered held on $400,000 bail by Circuit Judge Laura Sullivan.

The first assault took place in the 20-year-old victim's home on July 25, authorities said. The second victim, a 25-year-old woman who is also partly blind, was raped Sept. 6 in an abandoned building at 79th and Halsted Streets.

"Can we put this behind us and start over and just be friends?" Assistant State's Atty. Susanne Groebner quoted Robinson as asking the second victim after the assault.

In 2003, Robinson was sentenced to 4 years in prison for raping a 16-year-old girl, authorities said.